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BUTTER PRINT OR VELVET WEED (Abutilon Theophrasti Medic.) 

 A tall annual from two or four feet high; leaves roundish 

 heart-shaped and velvety, pubescent, taper pointed, pedicels 

 shorter than the leafstalk ; flowers small with yellow corolla ; pod 

 consisting of 12 to 15 beaked carpels which are pubescent. Com- 

 mon in waste places and vacant lots. Seeds preserve their vital- 

 ity for a long time. 



Field Dodder (Cuscuta arvensis). Found on clover. a flower; b 

 flower spread apart ; c capsule with stamens and styles therein ; d seed. 

 (Dewey Division of Botany, U. S. Dept. Agr.) 



Alfalfa Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum). a flower; b flower spread apart 

 to show stamens and corolla ; c capsule showing styles ; d seed. (U. S. 

 Dept. Agr.) 



PARSELY FAMILY (Umlellifcrae.) 



This family contains a number of weeds some of them most 

 troublesome. In addition to those described below mention 

 may be made of the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum}, some 

 of the cultivated plants are the carrot, parsley, lovage and dill. 



